têtu

See also: tetu, tētu, and tetű

French

Etymology

From Old French testu, from teste (“head”) + -u. Morphologically, from tête +‎ -u.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tɛ.ty/, /te.ty/
Homophones: têtue, têtues, têtus
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Adjective

têtu (feminine singular têtue, masculine plural têtus, feminine plural têtues)

stubborn, headstrong
- 1862, Victor Hugo, “VI. Ce que c'est que d'avoir rencontré un marguillier”, in Les Misérables, 3e partie. Marius; Livre troisième. Le grand-père et le petit-fils, Belgium: A. Lacroix, Verboeckhoven & Cie.:
  Il y avait en lui tout un petit homme têtu qui haïssait Napoléon.
  There was in him a headstrong little man who hated Napoleon.

Further reading

“têtu” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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